The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-07-09
NOTES ABOUT PEOPLE.

y. V. Farwell, Jr., Of Chicago, fol-
lowing the footsteps of his father in do
ing good, heads number of young men
in buying corner lot on which to erect
a seven.story structure for the headquar.
ters of the Young Mems Christian Asso.
citation on the West Side.
Mr.. John James Piatt, our consul
at Cork, is about to publish in Dublin, a
volume OF poems entitled "At the Holy
Well, with Handful of New Verses" II
Is declared that this is, in all probability.
the first book of poems by an American
author which has made its first appear.
ance in Ireland.
The grave of the poet Bryant, in
the village cemetery at Roslyn, on the
north shore Of Long Island, is in large
lot shaded by trees. There are but four
graves in the lot, those of the poet, his
wife and their two grandchildren, A
massive monument of granite, severely
plain, is In the center of the lot. On one
side it records the death of Fanny Bryant,
the poets wife. On the other side there
is simply the poets name, his time and
place of birth and death.
The French have been celebrating
the anniversary of the woman who deliv-
cred them years and years ago from the
English-Joan OF Arc. The maid was
much more the coquette than Michelet
represented her. Shakespeare may, per-
haps, have judged her more accurately
than the French historian. Voltaire took
the first part of the Shakspsarean view.
M. Jules Troubat, after infinite re-
searches in provincial and other archives.
proves her to have been an arch couuette
and as much addicted to fnery as any
New York belle.
WHO would not be the Gar of Rus.
STA? When this august individual left
st. Petersburg, on May 25, for his sum-
mer residence at Peterhof, the railroad
track was guarded by $4,000 soldiers,
scattered along distance of 1900 kilo-
metres. All the bridges and stations had
been previously examined to see if they
were not undermined by Nihilists, and
for the period of twenty-four hours all
telegraphic communication was forbid
den.
Mr.. W. W. Corcoran, of Washing
ton, was the owner of fine hotel at
Nashville, Tenn. Mrs. Freeman, wealthy
widow, owned fine brown stone house
adjoining. Mr.. Corcoran sent Mrs. Free
man note, saying that he intended en-
largIng his hotel, and that he would be
pleased to learn the value which she
placed upon her house, and that he would
send her check for the amount. This
was lordly, but not successful. Mrs.
Freeman, whose wealth was reckoned by
the millions, replied that she had thought
OF enlarging her flower garden, and that
if MIR. Corcoran would kindly place a
value on his hotel, she would be delight
ed to send him check for the amount.
When Colonel John Hay is asked
what decidedly seems an impairment
questionable you the author of The
Bread Winners?' He answers with a
bland smile: "In general 1 have not
much to conceal, but this thing is the Sc.
cret OF six OF us who have been accused
by the public of this fagrancy. Now, if
five OF US separately confess that we are
not the guilty party, it convicts the sixth
defendant, and we have mutually decid-
to stand by the author of The Bread
Winners in his secret sin. You see the
situation The correspondent of the
Baltimore Ne,oS saw it, when presented
to him the other day.
The only member of Horace Gree
ley's immediate family now living is his
daughter, Miss Gabrielle M. Greeley,
who four years ago bought her fathers
house and farm of eighty-two acres, at
Chappaqua, for $4,000, and now resides
there in company with Mrs. Cham berlain
and Miss Chamberlain. the widow and
daughter of the late Mr.. Chamberlain, Of
the Herald. The three children of Miss
Greeley's dead sister, Mrs. Nicholas
Smith, are living at Shelbyville, Ken
lucky. Miss Greeley's house looks very
much as it did during her fathers life
time. 1t is not the old homestead, which
was burned down, but the new home,
which was built by him short time be-
fore his death.
The late Sinclair Tousey, who died
in New York, June 16, was we'll known
citizen and the founder of the American
News Company. He enjoyed the &C.
quaintance and friendship of Gerrit
Smith, Horace Greeley and other prom
inent anti-slavery men. He was men,
Der of the Union League Club, vice.
president of the Hahnemann Hospital
and member of the Society for the Pre-
vention at Cruelty to Children, and of the
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals. For many years he was Chair
man of the Executive Committee of the
Prison Association and devoted large